By Miriam Humbe, Abuja The Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Muhammad Nami has been named winner of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) Merit Award 2023. A statement signed on Sunday by Special Assistant to the Executive Chairman, FIRS on Media & Communication, Johannes Oluwatobi Wojuola said Nami’s award was in its Non-Members Category at the Institute’s 2023 Annual Dinner Awards. He said Mr. Nami, who received the Award at the Monarch Event Centre, Lagos, on Saturday was described by the President of the Association, Mallam Tijani Musa Isa as an unassuming and humble achiever. Mallam Isa…
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By Miriam Humbe, Abuja The Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC) on Sunday said no fewer than three persons were confirmed dead, two others sustained various degrees of injuries in an accident involving a Sino truck and a Toyota car at Saapade on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Saturday. Public Education Officer, (PRO) of the FRSC in Ogun, Mrs Florence Okpe confirmed the incident to journalists on Sunday. She said the accident occured at 6.25pm on May 6. A Toyota car with registration number KSF122 FB and a Sino truck marked FZE 840 G were involved in the accident which was…
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja The Chairperson of the Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association (NAOWA), 7 Division Chapter, Mrs Abdulsalam Abubakar on Saturday, unveiled the first phase of NAOWA Tricycle Shuttle Service. Information obtained from the Twitter handle of the Nigerian Army, @HQNigerianArmy said this was to tackle the worrisome trend of internal transport system for families within Maimalari Military Cantonment. @HQNigerianArmy wrote: “The Chairperson of the Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association (NAOWA) 7 Division Chapter, Mrs Abdulsalam Abubakar today Saturday, 6 May, 2023 unveiled the first phase of NAOWA Tricycle Shuttle Service to assuage the worrisome trend of internal…
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has said that it was available to provide the needed awareness, technical support, capacity building and tips on how to access the international market through export. Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Council, Dr Ezra Yakusak said this on Friday when he hosted members of the Southern Kaduna Journalists Forum in his office, in Abuja. He advised farmers to make the production of economic crops and trees their priority so as to tap from the huge potential of export to international market. Yakusak said that cultivation of economic trees…
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba Alkali has ordered the posting of 86 Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) and 206 Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) to Commands and formations nationwide. This was contained in a statement signed on Saturday by the Force Public Relations Officer, (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi in Abuja. Adejobi said the order was to strengthen and catalyse national security mechanisms to improve policing system across the country. He said that the deployed officers would deputise other senior ranking officers in the discharge of critical administrative, investigative and operational policing duties for effective and…
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja Barrister Kwaghdoo Terhemen of the National Boundary Commission, (NBC) and Doctor David Olusegun Bassey of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Saturday, tied the knot in a colourful and well attended ceremony in Abuja. The couple, graduates of the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, (ABU) Zaria, narrowly missed being campus sweethearts. The proud mother of the bride, Barr. Grace Akosu told Humsimedia that although the love birds were both at ABU, “she didn’t know him then”. Destiny brought them together after their University graduation when the groom visited his bride’s brother with whom he had been…
This information was made available on Saturday morning as updates on the evacuation efforts by the National Emergency Management Agency’s Head of Press and Public Relations, Manzo Ezekiel: Stranded Nigerians in Sudan crossing border into Egypt for airlift back to Nigeria. Officials of NEMA, Embassy of Nigeria in Egypt and Sudan providing supports to them. 14 buses are being driven out for onward movement to Aswan Airport. Buses have started moving out of the Wadi Halfa border to the edge of River Nile. They’ll use ferry to cross to Abu Simbel….then to Aswan. It is a ferry ride of one…
This information was made available on Saturday morning as updates on the evacuation efforts of the National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA), by its Head of Press and Public Relations, Manzo Ezekiel: Stranded Nigerians in Sudan crossing border into Egypt for airlift back to Nigeria. Officials of NEMA, Embassy of Nigeria in Egypt and Sudan providing supports to them. 14 buses are being driven out for onward movement to Aswan Airport. Buses have started moving out of the Wadi Halfa border to the edge of River Nile. They’ll use ferry to cross to Abu Simbel….then to Aswan. It is a ferry…
This information was made available on Saturday morning by NEMA’s Head of Press and Public Relations, Manzo Ezekiel. At The Egyptian Border: Food and water being distributed by the National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA) officials at Wadi Halfa border crossing. Passport clearance concluded, immigration is in the process of returning passport back to evacuees.
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja Reactions have continued to pour in from Nigerians following the United Kingdom Court ruling on the case of organ trafficking involving former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. Responding to a post on Twitter written by Kaduna State’s Senator Shehu Sani, different shades of opinions began to pour in from Nigerians. While some symphatised with the former Deputy Senate President and his family over their travails, others blasted him, telling him to carry his cross. Meanwhile, Senator Shehu Sani’s tweet came in the form of a prayer, asking the Ekweremadu family to take solace in God. Recall…
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja A representative of the Aliko Dangote Foundation, (ADF), Maryam Buhari-Shehu has said the Foundation’s Board of Trustees had resolved to be fully involved in the evacuation and resettling of thousands of Nigerians Sudan fleeing the war in Sudan. She said the Aliko Dangote Foundation had began the payment of N100,000 and Dignity Packs to each of the Nigerian citizens returning from Sudan. Represented by the Managing Director of the ADF, Zouera Youssoufou, Mrs Buhari-Shehu said that ADF would continue to support the government in its humanitarian effort. She said that no fewer than 362 returnees including children were registered by…
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed on Friday, commended the Nigeria Police Force for its commitment to the maintenance of peace and unity in his State. On his Twitter handle, @SenBalaMohammed, the governor gave the commendation when he received the Assistant Inspector General of Police Zone 12, Alabi Sylvester Abiodun who visited him at the Government House. Governor Mohammed said that his administration was committed to continued collaboration with security agencies to ensure Bauchi citizens were protected in addition to providing the citizenry with dividends of democracy. In a recent posting of Senior Police Officers, the Inspector…